We exploit the randomized evaluation of a remedying education intervention that improved the reading skills of low …-performing third grade students in Colombia, to study whether providing educational support to low-achieving students affects the …-form effect on higher-achieving students as a spillover effect within treated schools. We then estimate a linear-in-means model of …

(tracking and heterogeneous/bimodal groups) on student learning outcomes during middle school. Both strategies yielded an …. Fostering inclusive learning among weaker students would require complementary investments under both models. … average learning gain of 0.08 of a standard deviation. We find l arger a nd m ore p ersistent effects among initially high …

universal random assignment of students to high schools in certain areas of South Korea to provide estimates of school effects … estimates, while causal, may also reflect peer effects due to differences in peer quality of non-randomized students. We exploit … that may better reflect the effects of school practices. We find significant effects of schools on scores in high …

We exploit the randomized evaluation of a remedying education intervention that improved the reading skills of low …-performing third grade students in Colombia, to study whether providing educational support to low-achieving students affects the …-form effect on higher-achieving students as a spillover effect within treated schools. We then estimate a linear-in-means model of …

governance models. We find that students enrolled in chains have higher test scores at the end of their primary school education … impact of the two different models of school governance on students' achievement. We exploit an instrumental variable … strategy that compares the educational attainment of students before school conversion with that of students after conversion …

that small increases in shared computer access, one more computer per 40 students, can produce large increases in digital …

before completion. Such students have higher test scores at the end of primary school after the regeneration. Gains are … well understood yet. I study how local schools affect the educational achievement of low-income students when their … neighborhoods. I built a novel database by geocoding all regenerations and linking them to administrative records on primary school …

between having an education degree and student learning. Finally, we observe no heterogeneous effects across different student …It is unclear whether teachers with a degree in education are more effective than those who are not trained in an … education-related field. To further examine this issue, we analyze the relationship between teachers' college major and student …

education for students with disabilities in Chile. Enrollment rates in primary and secondary education in Chile differ by less … decreased the probability of students with disabilities taking the admission test to tertiary education and enrolling in high … education for all students in Chile, students with disabilities were more adversely affected. Understanding how the pandemic has …

This paper analyzes the impact of longer school days on student achievement in Colombia. To identify the impact of … longer schools days, this study exploits plausibly exogenous within school variation in the length of the school day. Using … test score data from 5th and 9th graders in 2002, 2005, and 2009, along with school administrative data, this research uses …